9 Topics
5 Days
45 Sessions
Programme Overview
Training Description
- Public Sector Accountants
- Revenue Policy Professionals
- Debt Management Professionals
- Development Planning Professionals
- Central and Local Government Officials
- Parliamentary Budget and Finance Professionals
- International Development Professionals
- NGO and Development Finance Specialists
- Donor-Funded Programme Managers
- Professionals involved in fiscal policy, public budgeting, economic planning, revenue mobilization, and public expenditure management
Session Objectives
- Master the core principles of public financial management. Analyze the macroeconomic context for budget policy design. Formulate effective strategies for revenue mobilization and tax administration. Design expenditure policies that align with national development priorities. Understand and mitigate the risks associated with public debt. Incorporate gender and social equity into the budgeting process
About the Course
Fiscal Blueprint: Budget Policy Design for Developing Economies is a specialized training course designed to equip finance, policy, planning, and public-sector professionals with the knowledge and practical tools required to develop effective, credible, and sustainable budget policies in developing and emerging economies.The course examines the distinctive fiscal challenges faced by developing economies, including limited fiscal space, revenue constraints, public debt, inflation, exchange-rate volatility, informality, development financing gaps, commodity dependence, climate risks, and competing social and infrastructure priorities.Participants will learn how to design budget policies that balance fiscal discipline with economic development, strengthen domestic resource mobilization, improve public expenditure efficiency, manage fiscal risks, and align government resources with national development priorities.
Curriculum & Topics
9 Topics | 45 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1:
The role of the budget in a developing economy.
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Workshop 1.2:
Key concepts of fiscal policy and its macroeconomic effects.
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Workshop 1.3:
The budget cycle from formulation to evaluation.
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Workshop 1.4:
Institutional frameworks for public financial management.
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Workshop 1.5:
Challenges and constraints in developing economies.
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Workshop 2.1:
Tools for macroeconomic forecasting and fiscal planning.
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Workshop 2.2:
Designing a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).
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Workshop 2.3:
Fiscal rules and their role in ensuring fiscal discipline.
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Workshop 2.4:
Managing fiscal shocks and economic volatility.
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Workshop 2.5:
The impact of global economic trends on national budgets.
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Workshop 3.1:
Principles of a good tax system for developing economies.
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Workshop 3.2:
Broadening the tax base and improving tax compliance.
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Workshop 3.3:
The role of non-tax revenues and resource rents.
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Workshop 3.4:
Best practices in tax administration and customs reform.
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Workshop 3.5:
Analyzing the distributional impact of tax policy.
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Workshop 4.1:
Aligning budget allocations with strategic national priorities.
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Workshop 4.2:
Performance-based budgeting vs. traditional line-item budgeting.
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Workshop 4.3:
Public investment management and project appraisal.
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Workshop 4.4:
Controlling and monitoring government spending.
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Workshop 4.5:
Sectoral budgeting for key areas like health and education.
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Workshop 5.1:
The role of public debt in financing development.
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Workshop 5.2:
Differentiating between domestic and external debt.
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Workshop 5.3:
Debt sustainability analysis and early warning indicators.
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Workshop 5.4:
Designing a credible and transparent debt management strategy.
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Workshop 5.5:
Case studies on debt crises and recovery strategies.
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Workshop 6.1:
Defining social and gender-responsive budgeting.
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Workshop 6.2:
Tools and techniques for gender budget analysis.
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Workshop 6.3:
Mainstreaming social equity into budget allocations.
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Workshop 6.4:
Measuring the impact of budget policies on vulnerable groups.
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Workshop 6.5:
International case studies on successful social budgeting.
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Workshop 7.1:
The importance of open budget data and public participation.
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Workshop 7.2:
Fiscal reporting standards and the role of supreme audit institutions.
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Workshop 7.3:
Legislative oversight of the budget process.
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Workshop 7.4:
Combating corruption and illicit financial flows.
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Workshop 7.5:
Using technology to enhance transparency and citizen engagement.
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Workshop 8.1:
The principles of fiscal decentralization.
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Workshop 8.2:
Revenue assignment and intergovernmental transfers.
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Workshop 8.3:
Challenges and opportunities of local government budgeting.
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Workshop 8.4:
Capacity building for sub-national financial management.
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Workshop 8.5:
Case studies of decentralized budgeting in practice.
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Workshop 9.1:
Participants will work in teams to design a budget policy for a fictional developing country.
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Workshop 9.2:
Applying all course concepts, from revenue forecasting to expenditure planning.
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Workshop 9.3:
Presenting and defending the budget policy to a simulated "cabinet."
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Workshop 9.4:
Peer review and feedback on policy proposals.
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Workshop 9.5:
Finalizing a policy brief summarizing the key recommendations.
